INFORMATION ON THE TYGER
"The Tyger" by William Blake is a poem from "Songs of Experience" the focuses a situation around a tiger (tyger) and some alarming factors that has happened around the tiger. Some of the factors that the poem mentions are that there is a "fearful symmetry", a "hammer" and "chain", a "furnace", a "brain", an "anvil", and a "lamb", all of which had something to contribute to the problem. The tiger also seems to be another factor in itself because it "burns bright in the [night]". During the poem it also includes a person who is being affected: "what shoulder, & what art could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, what dread hand? & what dread feet?". Overall, some one or something has caused complete chaos giving a negative end result.
SIGNIFICANCE AND MEANING BEHIND THE TYGER
Within the poem some of the factors/problems allude to the book Fahrenheit 451 (F451) by Ray Bradbury. The first of which is the tiger when the poem mentions that it's "burning bright"; the tiger's burning might signify the actual heat in the setting in F451 or maybe the chaos a person is suffering from. Another problem is the fearful symmetry of the poem, followed by some other factors like a furnace: the symmetry could signify the result and current state within the setting of F451. Two other factors - which appear right next to each other - are a hammer and a chain: these two items have various meanings in F451. The hammer might have something to do with industry and robots; conversely, it could point to human lifestyle and/or human social style. The chain could be enslavement of humanity or limitations of humanity; however, it might also be something on the actions or the choices on the way humanity wants to live. The hammer and chain both rise mystery to their true meaning. After the hammer and chain came a furnace, another factor to the problems: the furnace could hold the same meaning as the fearful symmetry; conversely, it could bear the progress of machines or technology in it's current state, whatever the year it might be in F451. Another factor to the problem is a brain (possibly a human one): the brain could represent an average human in F451; it might also have to do with the way a human thinks in F451; it could also have something connect with the chain such as limiting factors or a limited perspective of a human. The next factor - right after the brain - is anvil: the anvil - like the hammer and chain - also has many meanings to F451. The anvil could bear the same meaning as the furnace; it could probably be the center of all the problems or the mother board to the some one or something responsible for the chaos; the anvil could be the creator itself. Like the hammer and chain its meaning is shrouded in mystery. The lamb - in the long line of problems - becomes another factor to the poem when it stated "did he who made the lamb make thee": in F451, the lamb could represent the humans that made machines, that remade humanity. The final factor of the poem is an unknown man who is suffering from the settings in the symmetry: in F451, this unknown person - whether man or woman - could be the main character, struggling to cope with a "normal" life that isn't what he/she would say normal.
THE TYGER by William Blake
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INFORMATION ON THE TYGER
"The Tyger" by William Blake is a poem from "Songs of Experience" the focuses a situation around a tiger (tyger) and some alarming factors that has happened around the tiger. Some of the factors that the poem mentions are that there is a "fearful symmetry", a "hammer" and "chain", a "furnace", a "brain", an "anvil", and a "lamb", all of which had something to contribute to the problem. The tiger also seems to be another factor in itself because it "burns bright in the [night]". During the poem it also includes a person who is being affected: "what shoulder, & what art could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, what dread hand? & what dread feet?". Overall, some one or something has caused complete chaos giving a negative end result.
SIGNIFICANCE AND MEANING BEHIND THE TYGER
Within the poem some of the factors/problems allude to the book Fahrenheit 451 (F451) by Ray Bradbury. The first of which is the tiger when the poem mentions that it's "burning bright"; the tiger's burning might signify the actual heat in the setting in F451 or maybe the chaos a person is suffering from. Another problem is the fearful symmetry of the poem, followed by some other factors like a furnace: the symmetry could signify the result and current state within the setting of F451. Two other factors - which appear right next to each other - are a hammer and a chain: these two items have various meanings in F451. The hammer might have something to do with industry and robots; conversely, it could point to human lifestyle and/or human social style. The chain could be enslavement of humanity or limitations of humanity; however, it might also be something on the actions or the choices on the way humanity wants to live. The hammer and chain both rise mystery to their true meaning. After the hammer and chain came a furnace, another factor to the problems: the furnace could hold the same meaning as the fearful symmetry; conversely, it could bear the progress of machines or technology in it's current state, whatever the year it might be in F451. Another factor to the problem is a brain (possibly a human one): the brain could represent an average human in F451; it might also have to do with the way a human thinks in F451; it could also have something connect with the chain such as limiting factors or a limited perspective of a human. The next factor - right after the brain - is anvil: the anvil - like the hammer and chain - also has many meanings to F451. The anvil could bear the same meaning as the furnace; it could probably be the center of all the problems or the mother board to the some one or something responsible for the chaos; the anvil could be the creator itself. Like the hammer and chain its meaning is shrouded in mystery. The lamb - in the long line of problems - becomes another factor to the poem when it stated "did he who made the lamb make thee": in F451, the lamb could represent the humans that made machines, that remade humanity. The final factor of the poem is an unknown man who is suffering from the settings in the symmetry: in F451, this unknown person - whether man or woman - could be the main character, struggling to cope with a "normal" life that isn't what he/she would say normal.
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